A share price of Hershey Company [HSY] is currently trading at $205.57, down -0.86%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The HSY shares have gain 0.08% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 9.88%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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From an analyst’s perspective:
Hershey Company [NYSE: HSY] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on April 19, 2024, when Edward Jones downgraded its rating to a Hold. Previously, Exane BNP Paribas downgraded its rating to Neutral on March 26, 2024, and kept the price target unchanged to $208. On February 12, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Underweight and revised its price target to $183 on the stock. Citigroup started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and suggested a price target of $213 on February 01, 2024. Bernstein upgraded its rating to a Outperform but $235 remained the price target by the analyst firm on January 29, 2024. BofA Securities downgraded its rating to Neutral for this stock on December 15, 2023, and downed its price target to $200. In a note dated December 08, 2023, DA Davidson initiated an Neutral rating and provided a target price of $205 on this stock.
Hershey Company experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $178.82 and $266.96. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $221.58 within the next 12 months. Hershey Company [NYSE: HSY] shares were valued at $205.57 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 7.79% based on the average HSY price forecast.
Analyzing the HSY fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Hershey Company [NYSE:HSY] were 11.43B which represents 8.87% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.45% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.24%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.21%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.18%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.17, Equity is 0.52 and Total Capital is 0.3. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of1.3.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 204.07 points at the first support level, and at 202.57 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 207.07, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 208.57.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Hershey Company [NYSE:HSY] is 0.97. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.64 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.15. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.64, the price to book ratio is 10.12 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 20.36.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Raup Charles R, President, U.S. Confection, that happened on May 20 ’24 when 2065.0 shares were sold. SVP, Chief Financial Officer, Voskuil Steven E completed a deal on Apr 23 ’24 to sell 1500.0 shares. Meanwhile, SVP, Chief Financial Officer Voskuil Steven E sold 1500.0 shares on Mar 25 ’24.
